joining us is mary in washington. overseas citizens services. she's in washington. is the government supportive of haiti's decision to put new adoptions on hold? >> yes, at this time in the immediate aftermath of this cataclysmic earthquake, haiti has decided that their first priority is to identify the children that have been separated from their families and work to locate those families and reunite the children with their families, rather than -- >> larry: any indication -- i'm sorry, go ahead. >> well, rather than focusing in the first instance on thinking about sending the children away from the locations where family members would be searching for them. >> larry: any indication when haiti might start processing new adoption applications? >> no, not at this time. it's only a couple weeks now after the earthquake and they are not talking about that at all right now. they're focused on the immediate relief work. >> larry: what about adoption families where the paperwork was halfway along or three quarters of the way done? >> right. immediately after this incredib